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The Evolution of International Environmental Law Georgetown University Law Center Scholarship @ GEORGETOWN LAW 2011 The Evolution of International Environmental Law Edith Brown Weiss Georgetown University Law Center, [email protected] This paper can be downloaded free of charge from: https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/1669 54 Japanese Y.B. Intl. L. 1-27 (2011) This open-access article is brought to you by the Georgetown Law Library. Posted with permission of the author. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub Part of the Environmental Law Commons 1 ARTICLES THE CONTRIBUTION OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW TO INTERNATIONAL LAW: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPECTATION THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Edith Brown Weiss* Introduction I. From 1900-1972: Early Glimmers II. From 1972-1992: Development of Basic Framework 1. 1972: The United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment 2. After the Stockholm Conference III. From 1992-2012: Maturation and Linkage 1. 1992: The United Nations Rio Conference on Environment and Development 2. After the Rio Conference Concluding Observations Introduction In the last forty years, international environmental law has evolved rapidly, as environmental risks have become more apparent and their assessment and man- agement more complex. In 1972, there were only a few dozen multilateral agree- ments, and most countries lacked environmental legislation. In 2011, there are hundreds of multilateral and bilateral environmental agreements and all countries have one or more environmental statutes and/or regulations. Many actors in ad- dition to States shape the development, implementation of, and compliance with international environmental law. Moreover, environment is increasingly integrated with economic development, human rights, trade, and national security. Analyzing the evolution of international environmental law helps us understand the possibil- ities and the limitations of law in addressing environmental problems, whether globally, regionally, or locally. The evolution of international environmental law can be separated into three distinct periods: from 1900-1972, from 1972-1992; and from 1992-2012. These cor- Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law, Georgetown Law, Washington, D.C., USA. The author thanks Alice Bullard, Ph.D., for research assistance. Japanese Yearbook of International Law Vol. 54 (2011), pp. 1-27. 2 Edith Brown Weiss respond roughly to the period of early glimmers of international environmental law; basic framework development; and maturation and linkage with other areas of international law. The periods are demarcated by two international conferences: the 1972 United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Conference) and the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Conference). In June 2012, the Rio+20 Conference will be held, again in Rio de Janeiro. Both the prior Stockholm and Rio Conferences were path breaking. Their work products and the events surrounding them laid the basis for significant leaps forward in developing and implementing international en- vironmental law. I. From 1900-1972: Early Glimmers Concern for the environment is ancient and embedded in the major religious traditions. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, for example, God gave the earth to his people and their offspring as an everlasting possession to be passed down to each generations and exhorted people not to cut down fruit bearing trees during war- fare.' Other religions similarly show respect for nature.2 For centuries, countries have developed rules for the use of shared watercourses and rights to water. However, before 1900 few international agreements were concerned with interna- tional environmental issues. The prevailing rule of international law was that of national sovereignty over natural resources within a country's territory or jurisdiction. The few international agreements focused primarily on boundary waters, navigation, and fishing rights. With few exceptions, they did not address pollution issues.' In the early twentieth century, countries concluded at least four agreements to protect species of commercial value, including migratory birds, birds useful to ag- I Genesis 1: 1-31, 17: 7-8, and Deuteronomy 20: 19. 2 The nontheistic tradition of Shinto stresses respect for nature, a view for which there is resonance in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Japan has a reverence for nature that is displayed in symbolic representations, such as flying cranes on wedding kimonos. For recent discussion, see Bruce Rich, To Uphold the World. A Callfora New Global Ethic From Ancient India (2010), pp. 168-169. Islamic law regards each generation as having inherited "all the resources of life and nature" and having certain duties to God in using them. See Abou Bakr Ahmed Ba Kadar et al., Islamic Principlesfor the Conservation of the Natural Environment (2nd ed., 1983), pp. 13-14. A notable exception is the 1909 United States-United Kingdom Boundary Waters Treaty, which provided in Article IV that water "shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other." Washington Treaty Relating to Boundary Waters between the United States and Canada, January 11, 1909, Charles Bevans, Treaties and Other InternationalAgreements of the United States ofAmerica 1776-1949, Vol. 12, p. 319 (Treaty Series No. 548). EVOL U7ON OFINTERAATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 3 riculture, fur seals, and wild animals, birds and fish in Africa.' During the 1930s and 1940s, countries concluded several agreements aimed at protecting fauna and flora in specific regions, namely the Western Hemisphere and Africa.' They also negotiated agreements concerned with marine fisheries and concluded the landmark International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling.6 In the period between 1950 and 1970, States focused on two environmental problems, marine pollution from oil and damage from civilian use of nuclear energy, and negotiated several agreements.7 By the late 1960s, environmental concerns had broadened. States concluded an African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 1968 and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1971.8 Still, there were few international environmental agreements concluded before 1972. During these early years in international environmental law, there was little development of international environmental rules or principles. Two famous arbi- Canada-United States of America: Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds in the United States and Canada, August 16, 1916, Charles Bevans, Treatiesand OtherInternational Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, Vol. 12, p. 375 (Treaty Series No. 628); Convention for the Protection of Birds Useful to Agriculture, March 19, 1902, Clive Parry, ed., Consolidated Treaty Series, Vol. 191, p. 91; Treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals, June 7, 1911, Statutes at Large of the United States ofAmerica, Vol. 37, p. 1542; and London Convention for the Protection of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish in Africa, May 19, 1900, British and Foreign State Papers, Vol. 94, p. 715. 5 Washington Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, October 12, 1940, United Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 161, p. 193 (No. 485). London Convention relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State, November 8, 1933, League of Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 172, p. 241. 6 Washington International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, December 2, 1946, UnitedNations Treaty Series, Vol. 161, p. 72 (No. 2124); Washington International Convention for the North-West Atlantic Fisheries, February 8, 1949, United Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 157, p. 157 (No. 2053); Tokyo International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, May 9, 1952, United Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 205, p. 65 (No. 2770). 7 For example, International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, May 12, 1954, United Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 327, p. 3, (No. 4714); Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement concerning Liability for Oil Pollution, January 7, 1969, International Legal Materials, Vol. 8 (1969), p. 497; Bonn Agreement for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil, June 9, 1969, United Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 704, p. 3 (No. 10099); Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, May 21, 1963, United Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 1063, p. 265 (No. 16197), amended by the Protocol of September 12, 1997 (consolidated text, International Atomic Energy Association Document INFCIRC/566 (1998), Annex). 8 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, September 15, 1968, United Nations Treaty Series,Vol. 1001, p. 3 (No. 14689); Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, February 2, 1971 (amended December 3, 1982), United Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 996, p. 245 (No. 14583). 4 Edith Brown Weiss trations took place, the Trail Smelter Arbitration' between Canada and the United States, and the Lac Lanoux Arbitration between France and Spain. 0 The former dealt with the obligation not to cause transboundary harm, and the latter with pro- cedural obligations of prior notification, consultation, and negotiation. These deci- sions have been cited repeatedly in later writings on international environmental law, in part because few other relevant decisions exist during this period.
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